Let children decorate the Mother's Day Tea Party Invitation and take them it home to their mothert at least two weeks in advance.

Buy some blank teacups let children paint their own teacups to give to their Moms as a Mother's Day present.

Make teacup picture frames from cardboard. Decorate them with crayons, markers, etc, and use them for Polaroid snapshots of the mother-daughter pairs. Visit KidsSoup.com for Mother's Day teacup pattern and craft description.

Make cute napkin rings by cutting a paper roll into rings and decorate with a large craft foam flower or artificial flower.

Video tape children before the party. Ask them to tell in the camera why they love their mother and why they think their mother looks beautiful.

Make a Mother's Day garland. Each child decorates and draws her/his mother picture on a flag. Fold and staple on a ribbon and hang over the tables or on the wall.

Mother's Day Tea Party Ideas:

Let the mom and child "decorate" a slice of angle cake with fruit syrups before eating.

Take a picture of the child with their mother. (Place it inside the teapot picture frame.)

Decorate Sugar Cookies—Roll and cut out sugar cookies and bake according to package directions. Set out bowls of tinted frosting and tubes of colored icing, along with decorative candies, and have moms and children design theirs together.